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Episodes: 1009
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.4/5.0
Estimated listeners: >100k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 3.5M subscribers
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vergecast@theverge.com
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Nilay Patel - Described as co-leading the flagship daily podcast from The Verge on small gadgets, Big Tech, and related technology news (especially Fridays).
David Pierce - Leads the daily show’s coverage of how gadgets and software affect our lives, and co-hosts Fridays with Nilay Patel.
Julia Alexander - Youtube’s Influence On Hollywood And The History/trajectory Of Youtube-directed Movies And Related Media Trends
Geoffrey Cain - Steve Jobs’ Years Outside Apple (next And Pixar), Leadership Lessons, And The Dynamics That Shaped His Later Success
# The **epic** story of Markdown
June 15, 2026
Markdown is a system for writing that makes it readable to both humans and computers. It's all about the symbols. You use - to make a list, * for emphasis, ** for even more emphasis. Brackets and parentheses turn into links. Once you know Markdown, you might begin to think in Markdown. Right now it is absolutely everywhere: people are maintaining their Claude.MD files for conversing with AI bots, and writing their notes in Markdown editors like Obsidian. So where did Markdown come from? It ca...
Siri is good now??
June 12, 2026
We're all starting to test Apple's newest software post-WWDC, and the most surprising thing has happened: Siri actually seems to be pretty good now. Nilay and David discuss how that happened, and what it means for the AI industry, and all of us, that Apple's voice assistant is finally useful. Then, we have some news about Bluesky, Threads, and YouTube that adds up to a big change in social networks, plus the Hype Desk, Brendan Carr, the Trump Phone, and a really great deal for iPad users F...
YouTube is taking over Hollywood
June 11, 2026
Movies directed by YouTubers are suddenly blowing up at the box office. Backrooms and Obsession are both smash hits, and The Amazing Digital Circus had a big debut last week. Is this the moment YouTube truly takes over Hollywood? Julia Alexander, media correspondent at Puck, walks us through the much longer history of YouTube on the big screen, and helps us figure out where this all goes next. Is the future just really, really big YouTube videos? Further reading: Backrooms is at the f...
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